Newly additions to my quiver

Picked up an unwanted Meyerhoffer 9f1 board. It was in pretty bad shape when it was handed over to me.

Thanks to Symo. He brought this bad boy back to life. For those whom do not know about the MeyerHoffer longboard. Here are a couple of links as reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SS7XpYQ4s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeVOt8j0uVk

The red one is a 6f6 egg. SUPER fun. It has a really nice concave at nose to scoop on the waves real fast.

Can't wait for the weekend to come to test drive the libra pad look-alike. The Meyerhoffer board that is, in case you wonder...Yeeeew!

Fins and more fins

 In our monthly trip to Cabra to stock up Asian groceries, I tumbled across a fabric shop which has plenty of Hawain patterns.

So this is one of them that I am making a 9" pivot fin.

This is another on in the Old Skool style.

Cant wait for the weekend to come to sand them off and test drive these!

Yeeeewww.

Busy shaping up templates in plywood.

I do particularly like these wood as they bring out very unique patterns from the wood grain.

Next step is to glass and sand them to shape.

Testing out my own fin

Ok, finally I got to it. Testing out my own fin, it was really fun and rewarding.


 In the design, I mixed between D Fin and modern hatchet fin with a 25 degree angle at the tail. This gives the feel of old school and modern nose riding.

And it holds really well in a tight pocket.

I picked my mate Pete's board. And it really delivered. Yeeewww.

A tiny issue that I would fix for my next similar fin, is a bit of drags. Which seems to make this board goes slower than usual. Even paddling it, that I could feel.

So, the next fin, the back side will be right up at 90 degree angle, and the front will be 30 degree tilts towards to the tail. And it will be a tad thinner too.

Other than that, I had a BALL!!!!

My first wooden fin(s) - Yeeeewwww

This is my very first wooden fin that I ever made.

It is fun to do. The sanding process is quite messy, but the grains appearance turned out to be pretty good.

It is not 100% completed yet.

Now I have to glass, then sand it.

 Cant wait for the weekend to come to complete and give it a go.

This is another wooden fin in the making.

It is a hatchet fin with an attitude.

I deliberately pulling the tip of the tail a bit longer (approx 50%) than the base. So when it sits in the fin box, the tail tip would be very close to the board tail, if not exceeding it.

The reason for this is to make the turn/draw a bit more radically easier, especially on a pig or traditional log.

Hang Ten, Dudes!